Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Chivalry (3)

In truth, Berayon had a slight ulterior motive here.

Rather than just thinking of bullying Baek Yu-seol, he planned to elevate Morso Dorden, who was backed by the Dorden family that sponsored him.

Currently, Morso was in Class B and had significantly lower grades compared to Class A. But if he could build a career showing superior magic in a mock duel against Class S?

It would greatly increase his chances of being promoted to Class A.

“Both of you, step onto the platform.”

“Yes.”

Stella Academy encouraged student duels on the premise that they wore safety gear, for the sake of gaining practical experience.

As Baek Yu-seol confidently stepped onto one end of the long, straight platform, Morso stood at the opposite end.

“Morso! Crush that guy completely!”

A boy standing next to Yuslec shouted. It was Raiden, who had been thoroughly humiliated by Baek Yu-seol during the dungeon practice.

‘Petty.’

Still harboring a grudge from that time, he was grinding his teeth. Morso glanced at Raiden before turning his confident gaze towards Baek Yu-seol and smirking.

“Of course. Just wait.”

He knew Baek Yu-seol was impressive. He had heard about how he had humiliated Raiden’s group during the dungeon practice and even won the duel against Hong Bi-yeon afterwards.

But that was largely thanks to ‘Blink.’ On this platform where attacks and defenses were exchanged turn by turn without the use of Blink, he believed he could defeat Baek Yu-seol.

‘I’ll publicly humiliate him.’

Students gathered on either side of the platform, whispering among themselves.

“Morso will win, right? He has learned earth elemental magic offensively.”

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“It’ll be tough for anyone to withstand Morso’s attacks….”

“But how does he intend to block if he doesn’t use Magic Shield?”

As Berayon raised his hand, the students’ chatter stopped.

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“Morso has the first move. Get ready.”

Morso and Baek Yu-seol pulled out their Wands and aimed at each other.

“Begin.”

As soon as the command was given, Morso revealed a grin and generated a brown magic circle in the air. Several students’ eyes widened at the sight.

In basic magic practice, it was an unspoken rule to use low-level magic around 1st class, but he was using a powerful 2nd class spell from the Dorden family’s repertoire!

“Dorden Stone Pierce!”

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A brown light gleamed from Morso’s Wand, and the ground surged up to form a boulder the size of a human head, charging towards Baek Yu-seol.

Even though the practice uniform had a built-in 1st class magic barrier, a student who couldn’t properly use defensive magic could be at quite a risk against this powerful spell.

If the duel went too far, the professor was supposed to intervene, but Berayon had no intention of doing so and just watched.
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Whoosh!!

But honestly, it didn’t matter if he didn’t stop it.

Swish! Baek Yu-seol calmly slashed his Wand diagonally.

And then, nothing happened. It was as if nothing had ever occurred.

Morso’s magic vanished into thin air.

Complete annihilation.

“Huh?”

“What just happened?”

“The magic disappeared…?”

With the sudden disappearance of the magic, students began whispering. But Morso, a few high-level students, and the professor knew instantly.

Morso’s magic had properly activated. It was just that Baek Yu-seol had annihilated it.

But understanding it went that far; no one present could grasp the principle. That included Professor Berayon.

‘What was that…? What happened just now?’

The principle is simple.

Just as electrical appliances have wires, all magic has mana fibers. If you can precisely cut those fibers, the magic will be annihilated.

This was a technique that wasn’t easy even in the game and was of extreme difficulty in reality.

It was difficult for an ordinary human’s vision to even detect incoming magic, let alone precisely cut its mana fibers.

‘For now, I can barely cut through 1st to 2nd class magic, at most 3rd class….’

This was the result of practicing with the pitching machine for several days.

“Ugh…”

Grinding his teeth, Morso raised his Wand again. Three boulders formed in the air.

Finally, Professor Berayon and the students realized how Baek Yu-seol was defending.

A white beam extending from the tip of his Wand. It was a top-grade Unseen Magic Sword, usually carried by wealthy individuals who couldn’t use offensive magic for self-defense.

‘Even if the output of the Unseen Sword is low, it still looks unusually weak…?’

Although Professor Berayon had seen Unseen Swords before, he found it puzzling but quickly set the thought aside.

The moment the Stone Pierce touched the magic sword, they disappeared completely.

Minimal movements were required. No matter how fast, it was impossible to block incoming magic like a baseball player with a 1-star agility.

The key was minimal movement.

With a slight swing of the sword to block the left shoulder, then a wrist flick to block the right thigh, and finally a spinning motion to block the head.

These were efficient movements learned from being beaten by the 5th stage pitching machine.

‘It’s not bad, actually.’
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If the magic were more powerful, this method wouldn’t work, but for 2nd class, it was enough.
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While Baek Yu-seol was satisfied with his swordsmanship, Professor Berayon analyzed his defensive technique with a cold sweat.

‘If Morso loses here, it’ll be troublesome for me as well…!’

Thinking hard, Professor Berayon came up with a brilliant idea.

‘Yes, he has a weakness despite being unique.’

With that thought, he clapped his hands loudly. Although it was during a duel, he did it to draw attention. Then he gave an oily compliment.

“Deflecting magic… as rumored, you are amazing. I’ll admit your defensive technique is useful. But…”

He gave Morso a subtle hint.

“In the end, that defensive technique only allows you to deflect one attack at a time. What will you do if multiple attacks come at once?”

In short, Berayon was hinting at Morso to exploit the ‘quantity’ weakness of the deflecting defense.

‘This old man… speaking unnecessary things.’

Morso quickly understood the hint and aimed his Wand at the sky. A brown diamond-shaped magic circle spun, gradually adding formulas and equations.

The stones that rose from the ground gradually merged, forming eleven ‘Stone Pierce,’ although each was much smaller than before.

He reduced the power but increased the number, making it a magic attack more suited for single targets, like Baek Yu-seol.

“Wait, isn’t that too much?”

“There are too many of them….”

Morso had crossed the line. Yes, his current magic was quite advanced compared to typical 1st-year high school students. But it shouldn’t be used in a 1st-year duel.

In any case, if hit by those Stone Pierce all at once, the practice uniform wouldn’t withstand it. Knowing this, Professor Berayon chose to ignore it.

“Bollir Stone Pierce!”

Finally, rock fragments rained down continuously from the sky…

Crash!!

…And they all disappeared once again.

Baek Yu-seol rotated his magic sword like a windmill, protecting his body.

“What… what’s going on?”
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“How is this…?”
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Swish! Repositioning the Unseen Sword in a straight grip, Baek Yu-seol was slightly sweating.

Reading martial arts novels, I’d seen descriptions of blocking incoming arrows by rotating the sword, but I never thought I’d actually do it.

The technique, which I named ‘Fanning,’ was also a heavily practiced skill from blocking the 5th stage of the pitching machine.

Fanning required several times more mental power to maintain Terivon’s form and a large number of breaths, causing my stamina to drop rapidly right after using it.

Moreover, it was weaker in defense than blocking a single spell, so if Morso had used a stronger spell, the sword’s form might have shattered during the defense.

“Oh…!”

“Wow, amazing.”

“It’s almost like a Magic Shield…”

The students gasped in awe.

A new technique they had never seen even in textbooks was quite astonishing. How many people in the world could perform such a trick with just a sword?

“Insane…”

“I’ve never seen anything like that.”

“Is that some special family’s magic?”

“No, it’s just a sword.”

As the chatter grew louder, someone stepped forward as Professor Berayon still hadn’t stopped the duel.

“Professor.”

At that voice, the students parted, making way for the professor.

Jeremie Scalven, the crown prince, who had been silently observing the situation, finally stepped forward.

Seeing his smiling face, not only Berayon but even Morso turned pale.

“Y-Yes, what is it?”

“Why aren’t you stopping the duel?”

His question, ‘Why?’ seemed to have several meanings.

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The magic used by Morso was not suitable for a 1st-year basic duel, a student could get seriously injured, the match seemed decided already, and so on.

Only then did Berayon slowly look around at the students.

All their gazes were cold and stern.

It was over. Professor Berayon realized his career had ended. With the crown prince against him, there was no way to recover.
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Feeling his limbs tremble, and sweat pouring down, he barely managed to speak.

“I will… change the attacker.”

Thus, the initiative shifted to Baek Yu-seol.

“Magic Shield… Ugh!”

Even if Blink couldn’t be used, the opponent could only use Magic Shield. Casually approaching, Baek Yu-seol swung his sword once, shattering Morso’s Magic Shield.

With the Unseen Sword aimed at his neck, the duel ended.

Berayon felt his words stick in his throat, unable to speak as Jeremie continued watching.

The mere presence of the crown prince felt like a heavy shackle, applying painful pressure.

However, he had no choice but to accept reality.

Forcing out the words he never wanted to say.

“…Baek Yu-seol, wins.”

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